17 March 2016 GK Updates

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Hi Friends ,In this post we will provide you 17 March 2016 GK Updates.GK is very important for all the competitive exams.The current GK is very important for Banking and insurance exams such as IBPS PO and clerical exams ,SBI PO and clerical exam ,LIC AAO exam.These GK updates will be fruitful for Upcoming SBI clerical and all the state level exams. So here is the 17 March 2016 GK Updates :

  1. India ranks 118 in the UN’s World Happiness Index 2016.India is behind Neighbour countries such as pakistan,Srilanka,Nepal ,Bangladesh.According to this list Denmark is the happiest country of the world.
  2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among 30 most influential people on the internet.
  3. Indian Software Engineer Abdulqadir Rashik has won the UN Data visulization challenge.
  4. Eminent Shehnai Player Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan Has passed away.He was 77.
  5. Faizal Kabir is appointed as the Governor of Bangladesh Central Bank.
  6. US President Barrack Obama nominates Merrick Garland for US Supreme Court.
  7. The Indian Aviation Show 2016, An International Exhibition on civil Aviation kicked off in Hydrabad,Telangana.
  8. 14 Investor’s of India are among world’s top 100 Venture capitalists.
  9. Central Government will implement Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan(RUSA)for providing financial support to proposals contained in State Higher Education Plan (SHEP) approved by the State Higher Education Councils (SHECs) in order to achieve the objectives of equity, access and quality.
  10. The 2016 Abel Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Sir Andrew Wiles of the University of Oxford.He was awarded for his proof of Fermat’s last theorem which is publishes in 1994.
  11. Iconic American Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. has Passed away.
  12. HDFC banks has launched a Scheme “Smartup”,a dedicated solution for startup.In this scheme HDFC will offer banking solutions along with the advisory services to startups.
  13. IDBI has introduced a facility to invest in Government bonds through the Bank’s ATMs.This is first of a kind initiative for the Retail customers.
  14. The WAX figure of PM Narendra Modi will be installed at the world famous WAX Museum MADAME Tussauds.
  15. The Aadhaar Bill which will give central agencies access to the world’s biggest biometeric database was passed in Parliament.

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